Abstract:
The statistical properties of Charmonium energy spectrum determined by the Bethe-Salpeter equation are investigated. It is found that the regular motion of the ccˉc\bar{c} system can be expected at a small value of color screening mass but the chaotic motion at a large one. It is shown that the level mixing due to color screening serves as a new mechanism resulting in the J/ψ\psi suppression. Moreover, this kind of suppression can occur before the color screening mass reaches its critical value for J/ψ\psi dissociation. It implies that a strong J/ψ\psi suppression is possible in the absence of dissociation of J/ψ\psi.
  • quarkonium: hadron spectroscopy
  • charmonium
  • Bethe-Salpeter equation
  • energy spectrum: statistical analysis
  • color: screening
  • scattering: heavy ion
  • J/psi(3100): yield
  • numerical calculations